{"product_id":"talking-with-boys-9781625571793","title":"Talking with Boys","description":"In a collection of linked tales filled with irony, humor, and magic, \u003ci\u003eTalking with Boys\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an unforgettable cast of characters in the Pakistani diaspora in Houston navigating crises of their own making and beyond their control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Via generations and geographies, the stories expand from Houston into tales from the characters pasts in Dubai and Lahore. A community of Pakistani immigrants distract ICE with unlikely bait. A housekeeper in a Dubai mansion plots to liberate her fellow indentured workers. In Lahore, an empty nester finds herself bound by more than a jinxed bracelet. Throughout, Tayyba Kanwal s remarkable characters navigate economic upheavals, political turmoil, and personal betrayals to pursue love, plot for survival, and play subtle power games to triumph against patriarchal forces of all genders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tayyba Kanwal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Lawrence Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Immigrant Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625571793","brand":"Black Lawrence Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45109249998985,"sku":"9781625571793","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_d34f7d3a-1eef-4a5f-912a-41b998f3b2bf.jpg?v=1767073459","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/talking-with-boys-9781625571793","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}